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after the civil war how many former slaves ended up living out the rest of their lives on the plantations they were once owned by the owners of?

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100 years ago was there a Russian equivalent of what the British would call "a posh accent"? if so did the communists try to wipe it out?

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Was there a substantive difference between what the Anglo-Saxon gentry ate and what the subsequent Norman gentry ate? If I showed a Norman feast in AD1103 and Anglo-Saxon feast in AD994, could you tell the difference from the food?

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suppose you visited japan in 1628 (towards the start of the Edo) and in 1828 (towards the end of the Edo). How could you tell which was which (without asking someone the date)?

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Who lived in Utah before the Mormon migration? How did they react to the LDS coming to dominate the area?

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what differences would you see if you walked the streets of a new kingdom Egyptian city in a time of prosperity, and in a time of hardship?

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how much would educated medieval Europeans, have known about the history of the world before Christ?

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were women afforded more freedom of movement and action in the largely Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire (circa AD 500 ....if it maters), or the largely Muslim Abbasid Caliphate (circa AD 900 ....if it maters)?

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Were domestic slaves as common in ancient Egypt (circa 1000 BCE, if that's too broad a time frame) as they were in ancient Greece or Rome?

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if we're talking about normal soldiers: was there practically any difference between how prone the roundheads and cavaliers, were to things like heavy drink and prostitution (IE forms of recreation puritans were/are supposed to be against), during the English civil war?

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after the civil war how many former slaves ended up living out the rest of their lives on the plantations they were once owned by the owners of?	45	AskHistorians
100 years ago was there a Russian equivalent of what the British would call "a posh accent"? if so did the communists try to wipe it out?	45	AskHistorians
Was there a substantive difference between what the Anglo-Saxon gentry ate and what the subsequent Norman gentry ate? If I showed a Norman feast in AD1103 and Anglo-Saxon feast in AD994, could you tell the difference from the food?	45	AskHistorians
suppose you visited japan in 1628 (towards the start of the Edo) and in 1828 (towards the end of the Edo). How could you tell which was which (without asking someone the date)?	45	AskHistorians
Who lived in Utah before the Mormon migration? How did they react to the LDS coming to dominate the area?	45	AskHistorians
what differences would you see if you walked the streets of a new kingdom Egyptian city in a time of prosperity, and in a time of hardship?	45	AskHistorians
how much would educated medieval Europeans, have known about the history of the world before Christ?	44	AskHistorians
were women afforded more freedom of movement and action in the largely Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire (circa AD 500 ....if it maters), or the largely Muslim Abbasid Caliphate (circa AD 900 ....if it maters)?	44	AskHistorians
Were domestic slaves as common in ancient Egypt (circa 1000 BCE, if that's too broad a time frame) as they were in ancient Greece or Rome?	44	AskHistorians
if we're talking about normal soldiers: was there practically any difference between how prone the roundheads and cavaliers, were to things like heavy drink and prostitution (IE forms of recreation puritans were/are supposed to be against), during the English civil war?	44	AskHistorians